Hospital Details

Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center

Outcomes measures include errors, accidents, and injuries that this hospital has publicly reported.

Measure

The Hospital's Score

Worst Performing Hospital

Avg. Performing Hospital

Best Performing Hospital

Data Source

Time Period Covered

Dangerous object left in patient’s body
What's This?Foreign Object Retained This number represents the number of times dangerous objects were left inside patients for every 1000 people discharged.

0

0.386

0.025

0.000

CMS

07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015

Air or gas bubble in the blood
What's This?Air Embolism This number represents the number of times patients had an air or gas bubble in the blood for every 1,000 people discharged.

0

0.093

0.002

0.000

CMS

07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015

Patient falls
What's This?Falls and Trauma This number represents the number of times patients experienced falls for every 1,000 people discharged.

0.376

1.944

0.390

0.000

CMS

07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015

Infection in the blood during ICU stay
What's This?CLABSI This number represents a comparison of the number of infections in the blood that actually happened at this hospital to the number of infections expected for this hospital, given the types of patients they care for. A number lower than one means fewer infections than expected; a number more than one means more infections than expected.

0.728

2.393

0.486

0.000

2016 Leapfrog Hospital Survey

01/01/2015 - 06/30/2016

Infection in the urinary tract during ICU stay
What's This?CAUTI This number represents a comparison of the number of infections in the urinary tract that actually happened at this hospital to the number of infections expected for this hospital, given the types of patients they care for. A number lower than one means fewer infections than expected; a number more than one means more infections than expected.

0.188

2.130

0.548

0.000

2016 Leapfrog Hospital Survey

01/01/2015 - 06/30/2016

Surgical site infection after colon surgery
What's This?SSI: Colon This number represents a comparison of the number of infections after colon surgery that actually happened at this hospital to the number of infections expected for this hospital, given the types of patients they care for. A number lower than one means fewer infections than expected; a number more than one means more infections than expected.

0.656

3.461

0.899

0.000

2016 Leapfrog Hospital Survey

01/01/2015 - 06/30/2016

MRSA Infection
What's This?MRSA Infection This number represents a comparison of the number of infections that actually happened at this hospital to the number of infections expected for this hospital, given the number of patients they care for. A number lower than one means fewer infections than expected; a number more than one means more infections than expected.

1.724

3.968

0.862

0.000

2016 Leapfrog Hospital Survey

01/01/2015 - 06/30/2016

C. diff. Infection
What's This?C. diff. Infection This number represents a comparison of the number of infections that actually happened at this hospital to the number of infections expected for this hospital, given the number of patients they care for. A number lower than one means fewer infections than expected; a number more than one means more infections than expected.

1.137

2.386

0.893

0.000

2016 Leapfrog Hospital Survey

01/01/2015 - 06/30/2016

Dangerous bed sores
What's This?PSI 3: Pressure Ulcer This number represents the number of times patients experienced dangerous bed sores for every 1,000 people discharged.

0.49

2.28

0.44

0.03

CMS

07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015

Death from treatable serious complications
What's This?PSI 4: Death Among Surgical Inpatients This number represents the estimated number of patients that died for every 1,000 people who had a serious treatable complication.

102.72

184.16

136.80

70.79

CMS

07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015

Collapsed lung
What's This?PSI 6: Iatrogenic Pneumothorax This number represents the estimated number of times patients experienced collapsed lungs for every 1,000 people discharged.

0.54

0.70

0.41

0.19

CMS

07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015

Serious breathing problem
What's This?PSI 11: Postoperative Respiratory Failure This number represents the estimated number of times patients experienced serious breathing problems for every 1,000 people who had surgery.

10.79

29.44

13.94

2.13

CMS

07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015

Dangerous blood clot
What's This?PSI 12: Postoperative PE/DVT This number represents the estimated number of times patients experienced dangerous blood clots for every 1,000 people who had a procedure in the operating room.

2.87

12.11

5.11

1.39

CMS

07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015

Surgical wound splits open
What's This?PSI 14: Postoperative Wound Dehiscence This number represents the estimated number of times surgical wounds split open for every 1,000 people who had surgery on their abdomen.

2.41

3.65

2.31

1.18

CMS

07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015

Accidental cuts and tears
What's This?PSI 15: Accidental Puncture or Laceration This number represents the estimated number of times patients experienced accidental cuts and tears during a procedure for every 1,000 people discharged.

0.58

2.97

1.43

0.32

CMS

07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015

Process measures include the management structures and procedures a hospital has in place to protect patients from errors, accidents, and injuries.

Measure

The Hospital's Score

Worst Performing Hospital

Avg. Performing Hospital

Best Performing Hospital

Data Source

Time Period Covered

Doctors order medications through a computer
What's This?Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) Hospitals can earn up to 100 points for having a well-functioning CPOE system in most areas of the hospital.

Handwashing
What's This?Safe Practice 19: Hand Hygiene Hospitals can earn up to 30 points for having a handwashing policy.

30.00

3.00

28.70

30.00

2016 Leapfrog Hospital Survey

2016

Take steps to prevent ventilator problems
What's This?Safe Practice 23: Care of the Ventilated Patient Hospitals can earn up to 20 points for taking steps to care for ventilated patients.

20.00

0.00

18.63

20.00

2016 Leapfrog Hospital Survey

2016

Communication with nurses
What's This?Communication with nurses Based on a scale of one to five, this number represents a comparison of patients’ perspectives of how effectively nurses at this hospital communicated with patients relative to patients’ perspectives of how effectively nurses at other hospitals communicated with their patients. Higher scores indicate more effective communication than lower scores.

4

1

3.27

5

CMS

04/01/2015 - 03/31/2016

Communication with doctors
What's This?Communication with doctors Based on a scale of one to five, this number represents a comparison of patients’ perspectives of how effectively physicians at this hospital communicated with patients relative to patients’ perspectives of how effectively physicians at other hospitals communicated with their patients. Higher scores indicate more effective communication than lower scores.

3

1

2.98

5

CMS

04/01/2015 - 03/31/2016

Responsiveness of hospital staff
What's This?Responsiveness of hospital staff Based on a scale of one to five, this number represents a comparison of patients’ perspectives of how quickly the staff at this hospital typically responds to patients’ requests for help relative to patients’ perspectives of how quickly the staff at other hospitals typically respond to their patients’ requests. Higher scores indicate a faster response time than lower scores.

3

1

3.15

5

CMS

04/01/2015 - 03/31/2016

Communication about medicines
What's This?Communication about medicines Based on a scale of one to five, this number represents a comparison of patients’ perspectives of how effectively this hospital communicated with patients about their medications relative to patients’ perspectives of how effectively other hospitals communicated with their patients. Higher scores indicate more effective communication than lower scores.

4

1

2.88

5

CMS

04/01/2015 - 03/31/2016

Communication about discharge
What's This?Communication about discharge Based on a scale of one to five, this number represents a comparison of patients’ perspectives of how effectively this hospital communicated with patients about the help they would need after discharge relative to patients’ perspectives of how effectively other hospitals communicated with their patients. Higher scores indicate more effective communication than lower scores.

4

1

3.20

5

CMS

04/01/2015 - 03/31/2016

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